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Floppyman · 11-29-2003, 04:25 PM

If you're talking about data structures, that stands for for "First In First Out". A queue would be a good example of a FIFO data structure.

HNPFL · 12-01-2003, 07:37 PM

CRT monitors - the fat ones

KMARTshopper · 12-11-2003, 07:27 PM

HEY...

Dont forget the AMR... Audio Modem Riser.. another piece of garbage added on to early millenuim mobos just to say " Hey ,, we have an AMR,m, and they dont"

Oh yeah.... VRM.....

Voltage Regulator Module..

Got this Dual Pentuim 3 slot 1 from Unisys... a freebee of course since its an artifact.... Not my main computer of course..... Well it came with 1 Processor... grabbed a second processor and realized that it didn't work!! Hmm well theres this connector for the VRM #2 , what the Hello is that ?? OK.. so after some research i found out that it regulates voltage for the processor.. HAH.. 75$$ for that,,, hmm so i scrapped it for its huge case fan and other little trinkets... like the scsi hardware.

Nice having a total of 5 hard disks in the pc now and that large fan in my mid-tower

KMARTshopper

loopy · 12-12-2003, 02:18 PM

How about this one:

Anyone remember "TRSDOS"

Been awhile!!

TwoRails · 12-14-2003, 09:09 PM

How 'bout, MS BOB ??

KMARTshopper · 12-16-2003, 12:16 AM

Ok time to get ridiculous lol./..

HAL 9000

WORP

What movies did these computers correspond to ?? Which one packed a bigger punch....?

Shopper

Cricket · 12-16-2003, 12:41 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by KMARTshopper
What movies did these computers correspond to ??

HAL 9000

2001: A Space Odyssey and 2010: The Year We Make Contact.

Quote:

Originally posted by KMARTshopper
WORP

WORP? Do you mean WOPR (War Operations Planned Response)? If so: WarGames.

Quote:

Originally posted by KMARTshopper
Which one packed a bigger punch....?

WOPR, but HAL9000 had better screen presence.

Cricket

KMARTshopper · 12-16-2003, 01:37 AM

lol

Got a bit noastalgic,, watching old computer movieds this weekend,,

Shopper

davewill · 01-03-2004, 04:19 PM

Can anyone tell me what VCC and PDIF mean?

TwoRails · 01-03-2004, 09:17 PM

PDIF, if I remember right, is Printer Definitioin Information File, unless your refering to S/DIF which if for "Sony and Philips Digital Interconnect Format"

VCC is Volvo Car Corp where I come from

Rof_lmao · 01-03-2004, 09:30 PM

ROFLMAO(MY NAME)-ROLLING ON THE FLOOR LAUGHING MY A$$ OFF! LOL!!!!

JAYMAN · 01-05-2004, 08:39 AM

ATA = ??????
SATA = ?????

TwoRails · 01-05-2004, 09:50 PM

ATA = Advanced Technology Attachment

SATA = Serial ATA

PATA = Parallel ATA = ATA

Craig100 · 01-10-2004, 10:50 AM

Don't think anyone has got this one yet:
HAL = Hardware Abstraction Layer.

Sorry found it within the great bulk of Streams
Post. LOL

lil Jimmie · 01-10-2004, 11:17 AM

HAL was also in my post on the first page.

Craig100 · 01-10-2004, 12:05 PM

Soz lil jimmie, never seen it

Hey_Mr._Jack · 01-21-2004, 04:55 PM

heres some you see a lot too.

LOL: Laugh Out Loud
ROTFLMFHO: Rolling On The Floor Laughing My Head Off
j/k: Just Kidding
OMFG: Oh My God

vespine · 03-12-2004, 12:19 AM

My very favourite acronym is TLA, being the three letter acronym for, well, Three Letter Acronym... :-)

rcx21000 · 03-22-2004, 08:15 AM

WITWITITPMAOS = Why in the world is this in the "Processors, Motherboards, and Overclocking" section?

TwoRails · 03-22-2004, 08:32 PM

That reminds me:

WYSIWYG = What You See Is What You Get

This is from the "olden" days. It applied to Word Processors when you had to type in the formating codes.... kinda like you do here. For example, for bold you type in (minus the spaces, so it will show):

[ b ]

and to close:

[ / b ]

It was a revelation! What you saw on the screen (supposedly, for a while) would be what was printed.

TwoRails

the hot rod · 04-14-2004, 02:48 PM

wat is RMA mean?

Redfallon · 04-14-2004, 02:49 PM

return merchandise authorization -- i believe

bigandy · 04-16-2004, 09:57 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by TwoRails
That reminds me:

WYSIWYG = What You See Is What You Get

This is from the "olden" days. It applied to Word Processors when you had to type in the formating codes.... kinda like you do here. For example, for bold you type in (minus the spaces, so it will show):

[ b ]

and to close:

[ / b ]

It was a revelation! What you saw on the screen (supposedly, for a while) would be what was printed.

TwoRails

The same is true for Web editors lite FrontPage, where instead of writing the HTML yourself in notepad, you use one of these apps and it does the code based on what you do int the app.

Gizmo · 04-24-2004, 04:16 PM

I have some others, but dumbass me doesn't know what they stand for.

ISA
PCI

Anyone?

TwoRails · 04-24-2004, 06:00 PM

PCI = Peripheral Component Interconnect

ISA = Industry Standard Architecture

Gizmo · 04-25-2004, 06:54 AM

Ok, thank you

diver203_98 · 04-25-2004, 07:41 AM

TRS DOS? From the old Radio Shack computers? - Tandy Radio Shack DOS?

And yea, I remember BOB...lOL

TwoRails · 04-25-2004, 09:09 AM

Don't forget CP/M for an OS.

http://www.sysun.com/museum/cpm.html

Bryan G · 06-11-2004, 06:27 PM

what is Wi-Fi ?

TwoRails · 06-12-2004, 04:09 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Bryan G
what is Wi-Fi ?

Quote:

Wi-Fi
An interoperability certification for wireless local area network (LAN) products based on the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) 802.11 standard.

Taken from:

http://www.weca.net/OpenSection/index.asp

12-11-2003, 07:27 PM	#123
KMARTshopper Member (7 bit) Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Florida Posts: 110	HEY... Dont forget the AMR... Audio Modem Riser.. another piece of garbage added on to early millenuim mobos just to say " Hey ,, we have an AMR,m, and they dont" Oh yeah.... VRM..... Voltage Regulator Module.. Got this Dual Pentuim 3 slot 1 from Unisys... a freebee of course since its an artifact.... Not my main computer of course..... Well it came with 1 Processor... grabbed a second processor and realized that it didn't work!! Hmm well theres this connector for the VRM #2 , what the Hello is that ?? OK.. so after some research i found out that it regulates voltage for the processor.. HAH.. 75$$ for that,,, hmm so i scrapped it for its huge case fan and other little trinkets... like the scsi hardware. Nice having a total of 5 hard disks in the pc now and that large fan in my mid-tower KMARTshopper Last edited by KMARTshopper; 12-11-2003 at 07:34 PM.

01-10-2004, 10:50 AM	#134
Craig100 Member (10 bit) Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Edinburgh Posts: 572	Don't think anyone has got this one yet: HAL = Hardware Abstraction Layer. Sorry found it within the great bulk of Streams Post. LOL Last edited by Craig100; 01-10-2004 at 10:53 AM.

01-10-2004, 11:17 AM	#135
lil Jimmie HOT ROD Join Date: Sep 2000 Location: On the Edge Posts: 4,565	HAL was also in my post on the first page. __________________ Fast enough 2 get by.....old enough 2 know what not 2 try -You know it was me

04-14-2004, 02:49 PM	#142
Redfallon Resident Intel Fanboy Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Cincinnati Posts: 1,669	return merchandise authorization -- i believe __________________ ...wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat...

04-25-2004, 07:41 AM	#147
diver203_98 Member (9 bit) Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Watsontown, PA. Posts: 408	TRS DOS? From the old Radio Shack computers? - Tandy Radio Shack DOS? And yea, I remember BOB...lOL Last edited by diver203_98; 04-25-2004 at 07:50 AM.

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11-29-2003, 04:25 PM	#121
Floppyman Member (13 bit) Join Date: Mar 1999 Posts: 6,796	If you're talking about data structures, that stands for for "First In First Out". A queue would be a good example of a FIFO data structure.

12-01-2003, 07:37 PM	#122
HNPFL Member (7 bit) Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: LA Posts: 101	CRT monitors - the fat ones

12-12-2003, 02:18 PM	#124
loopy Member (1 bit) Join Date: Dec 2003 Posts: 1	How about this one: Anyone remember "TRSDOS" Been awhile!!

12-14-2003, 09:09 PM	#125
TwoRails Member (14 bit) Premium Member Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: The Great NorthWest Posts: 12,594	How 'bout, MS BOB ??

12-16-2003, 12:16 AM	#126
KMARTshopper Member (7 bit) Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Florida Posts: 110	Ok time to get ridiculous lol./.. HAL 9000 WORP What movies did these computers correspond to ?? Which one packed a bigger punch....? Shopper

12-16-2003, 01:37 AM	#128
KMARTshopper Member (7 bit) Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Florida Posts: 110	lol Got a bit noastalgic,, watching old computer movieds this weekend,, Shopper

01-03-2004, 04:19 PM	#129
davewill Member (6 bit) Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Arlington VA Posts: 59	Can anyone tell me what VCC and PDIF mean?

01-03-2004, 09:17 PM	#130
TwoRails Member (14 bit) Premium Member Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: The Great NorthWest Posts: 12,594	PDIF, if I remember right, is Printer Definitioin Information File, unless your refering to S/DIF which if for "Sony and Philips Digital Interconnect Format" VCC is Volvo Car Corp where I come from

01-03-2004, 09:30 PM	#131
Rof_lmao Banned Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: FLORIDA BABY Posts: 386	ROFLMAO(MY NAME)-ROLLING ON THE FLOOR LAUGHING MY A$$ OFF! LOL!!!!

01-05-2004, 08:39 AM	#132
JAYMAN Member (9 bit) Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: OTTAWA, CANADA Posts: 375	ATA = ?????? SATA = ?????

01-05-2004, 09:50 PM	#133
TwoRails Member (14 bit) Premium Member Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: The Great NorthWest Posts: 12,594	ATA = Advanced Technology Attachment SATA = Serial ATA PATA = Parallel ATA = ATA

01-10-2004, 12:05 PM	#136
Craig100 Member (10 bit) Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Edinburgh Posts: 572	Soz lil jimmie, never seen it

01-21-2004, 04:55 PM	#137
Hey_Mr._Jack Member (7 bit) Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: sneaking up behind you with a knife Posts: 113	heres some you see a lot too. LOL: Laugh Out Loud ROTFLMFHO: Rolling On The Floor Laughing My Head Off j/k: Just Kidding OMFG: Oh My God

03-12-2004, 12:19 AM	#138
vespine Member (4 bit) Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 15	My very favourite acronym is TLA, being the three letter acronym for, well, Three Letter Acronym... :-)

03-22-2004, 08:15 AM	#139
rcx21000 Member (7 bit) Join Date: Feb 2004 Posts: 102	WITWITITPMAOS = Why in the world is this in the "Processors, Motherboards, and Overclocking" section?

03-22-2004, 08:32 PM	#140
TwoRails Member (14 bit) Premium Member Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: The Great NorthWest Posts: 12,594	That reminds me: WYSIWYG = What You See Is What You Get This is from the "olden" days. It applied to Word Processors when you had to type in the formating codes.... kinda like you do here. For example, for bold you type in (minus the spaces, so it will show): [ b ] and to close: [ / b ] It was a revelation! What you saw on the screen (supposedly, for a while) would be what was printed. TwoRails

04-14-2004, 02:48 PM	#141
the hot rod Banned Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 52	wat is RMA mean?

04-24-2004, 04:16 PM	#144
Gizmo Supergeek in training Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: UK Posts: 1,690	I have some others, but dumbass me doesn't know what they stand for. ISA PCI Anyone?

04-24-2004, 06:00 PM	#145
TwoRails Member (14 bit) Premium Member Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: The Great NorthWest Posts: 12,594	PCI = Peripheral Component Interconnect ISA = Industry Standard Architecture

04-25-2004, 06:54 AM	#146
Gizmo Supergeek in training Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: UK Posts: 1,690	Ok, thank you

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04-25-2004, 09:09 AM	#148
TwoRails Member (14 bit) Premium Member Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: The Great NorthWest Posts: 12,594	Don't forget CP/M for an OS. http://www.sysun.com/museum/cpm.html

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Bryan G Member (3 bit) Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Apache Junction, Arizona Posts: 7	what is Wi-Fi ?

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